by Juan Sagardía Pradera

 

Like on 08/XII/2006, I made again a “one day trip” to Fuerteventura, where all the american ducks we saw on december, remained at the same place.

The most interesting sightings were made at these two places:

 

ROSA DE CATALINA GARCÍA

Little Egret, Grey Heron, Eurasian Spoonbill (6 birds), Ruddy Shelduck (about 30 birds), Eurasian Wigeon (2 birds), Gadwall (1 bird, adult female), Common Teal (8 birds), Northern Pintail (1 bird), Blue-winged Teal (1 bird, male), Northern Shoveler (2 birds, male and female), Ring-necked Duck (1 bird, a beautiful male), Tufted Duck (10 birds, about 6 males and 4 females), Lesser Scaup (2 birds, males), Booted Eagle (1 adult female dark morph), Barbary Falcon (1 bird, male), Common Moorhen, Common Coot, Common Snipe, Spotted Redshank (5 birds), Common Redshank, Common Greenshank, Barn Swallow.

 

GADWALL. Rosa de Catalina García. Photo: J. Sagardía

 

BLUE-WINGED TEAL, RING-NECKED DUCK and NORTHERN SHOVELER. Rosa de Catalina García. Photo: J. Sagardía

 

RING-NECKED DUCK and BLUE-WINGED TEAL. Rosa de Catalina García. Photo: J. Sagardía

 

RING-NECKED DUCK and COMMON TEAL. Rosa de Catalina García. Photo: J. Sagardía

 

LESSER SCAUP and RING-NECKED DUCK. Rosa de Catalina García. Photo: J. Sagardía

 

LESSER SCAUP. Rosa de Catalina García. Photo: J. Sagardía

 

LESSER SCAUP. Rosa de Catalina García. Photo: J. Sagardía

 

TUFTED DUCK. Rosa de Catalina García. Photo: J. Sagardía

 

BOOTED EAGLE. Rosa de Catalina García. Photo: J. Sagardía

 

SALINAS DEL CARMEN

Little Egret, Eurasian Wigeon (1 bird), Common Teal (1 bird), Northern Pintail (1 bird), Ringed Plover, Kentish Plover, Grey Plover, Sanderling, Curlew Sandpiper (1 bird), Dunlin, Whimbrel, Common Redshank, Common Greenshank, Common Sandpiper, Ruddy Turnstone. The Marsh Sandpiper reported here on 02/I was not seen.

 

COMMON TEAL, EURASIAN WIGEON and NORTHERN PINTAIL. Salinas del Carmen. Photo: J. Sagardía

 

EURASIAN WIGEON. Salinas del Carmen. Photo: J. Sagardía